| In Poland... Rapidly advancing Soviet troops
capture Lvov and Bialystok. In Brest-Litovsk Soviet and German forces
conduct a joint victory parade. Meanwhile, Colonel General von Fritsch,
former German Army Commander in Chief and an outspoken opponent of the
Nazis government, is killed by a Polish sniper outside Warsaw. Hitler
visits the front, observing the shelling of the Warsaw suburb of Praga.
In Sussex... The second meeting of the Allied Supreme War
Council takes place. Although the meeting is supposed to be secret, a
large crowd gathers outside the building in which the Allied leaders
meet. British Prime Minister Chamberlain, with Lord Halifax, the foreign
secretary, and Lord Chatfield, the minister for coordination of defense
meet French Primier Daladier, with General Gamelin, the Commander in
Chief on the Western Front, Admiral Darlan, the Chief of the French
Naval Staff, and M Dautry. A communique issued later states that the
Allied leaders discussed supplies of munitions and
In Britain... Gasoline is rationed. Meanwhile, a report by the
Metropolitan Police Commission in London indicates that road accidents
have tripled in the three weeks since the blackout began. Also, courts
are packed with cases of blackout violations.
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